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Deck,
Stop intentionally misreading and/or misconstruing my posts. Asking if the victim had detailed records is not at all blaming him for the problem. As I said, the records could have proven invaluable in his efforts to resolve the problem.
That and you haven't provided me anything convincing that shows using a gmail address is a viable way of preventing the problem. If you're going to agree with him and say I'm posting under a misconception about GMail, then please provide something of substance that shows using GMail is a superior solution.
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You wondered if shared past records could have prevented this even though it didn't matter here. Let's understand that GoDaddy wasn't going to accept old records, and didn't.
you haven't provided me anything convincing
Gmail addresses can be made harder to steal than some others, especially ones controlled by an individual's custom domain because most host providers don't have two-factor authentication and/or a phone number or other email address you can associate with the hosting account. Google encourages both security approaches.
When a more securely-controlled email address is used as the username and account contact's email address (as is often the case) that account becomes more secure.
If you need convincing of a 100% secure solution I can't do that. What I've done is outline a more secure solution. If you feel it's not as secure as whatever your host provider offers for protection of custom domains/email, don't use it. But don't claim it's not as secure, nor the same-as, without saying why.
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Deck,
Again, you are not reading my posts. I did _not_ say if past records would have prevented the problem. I said they may have helped _resolve_ the problem.
"If you need convincing of a 100% secure solution I can't do that. What I've done is outline a more secure solution. If you feel it's not as secure as whatever your host provider offers for protection of custom domains/email, don't use it. But don't claim it's not as secure, nor the same-as, without saying why."
I said, and I'll repeat, I'm not convinced using GMail is the best solution to preventing this problem. I didn't say it was not as secure and/or the same as the solution I'm using right now. Again, you're putting words in my mouth and misconstruing my statements. What's going on with you today? It's very unlike you to do this.
A more secure system is critical in preventing the kind of problem encountered by this individual. You and I agree on this wholeheartedly. Is GMail the best solution? Maybe. Maybe not. But, it's definitely better than the ones at GoDaddy and PayPal.
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Deck,
Something that I think you may be assuming is that people (a) know about GMail's multi-step authentication system and (b) if they know about it, that they're actually using it. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if people aren't aware of the multi-step authentication system and/or not using it.
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Now I understand your frustration and earlier questioning. You were wondering about other things besides the specific example of Gmail being a better solution for this scenario.
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OK, so someone please identify a domain registrar with responsive customer service, two-step authentication and reasonable prices. Because I like my vanity domain name and want to use it.
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OK, I'll bite. What exactly do you mean by 'two-step authentication'? Do you have to do more than put in a password when logging on?
My bank has another level of authentication: an image and a phrase, but normally you don't have to enter anything more than a password for routine log-ins, when it's from your regular computer.
My domain is registered with Active-Domain.com. It just takes a user name and password to get in there. Maybe I should change my user name from one of my email names. . .
Then, I don't have some ID worth $50k to someone (and why—he said naively—would a Twitter name be worth so much to anyone?).
/Mr Lynn
